The Guide method to installing not working

[Sven8314]

I just tried installing the Fixed 1.1 patch into the VM mech 2 directory to see if it would make a difference, it didn't. Uber strange. The DVD-rom doesn't have issues with other games that require a CD to run (tried ARMA and mech4), but I am wondering if swapping it out with another one would help. It's just so strange that the CD worked fine for about 5 installs, then all of a sudden it's not being detected.

[Skyfaller]

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[Sven8314]

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MechVM-2009-11-29
Windows 5.1
Source: D:\
Target: E:\MechVM-win32-2009-11-29\games\mw2-31stcc-dos

File listing for D:\
BINMOD.EXE 9114
CFGS <dir>
CPU.EXE 5802
DEMODATA <dir>
ENGLISH.LRM 4234
FIXBOOT.EXE 29376
GIDDI <dir>
INSTALL.EXE 258323
INWIN.EXE 5984
KEATING <dir>
LAUNCH <dir>
MECH2 <dir>
MW2REG.EXE 137272
OLD_HERC.DRV 264
README.TXT 781
REGISTER.BAT 349
SETSOUND.EXE 168741
SMK <dir>
SND <dir>
VESACHK.EXE 9574
VFX <dir>

File listing for D:\CFGS
. <dir>
.. <dir>
MW2.ADV 2318
MW2.B50 2418
MW2.M50 4938
MW2.PHX 1674

File listing for D:\DEMODATA
. <dir>
.. <dir>
ACTILOGO.MW2 5214
AMWLOGO1.SMK 91604
BANGK10.MW2 9263
BANGK14.MW2 12953
BANGK16.MW2 16717
BASE6X7.MW2 4212
CLICK1.MW2 401
CLICK2.MW2 5959
CLICK3.MW2 713
DEFCURS.MW2 196
DIGITSX.MW2 9033
EXITBTNX.MW2 24521
FARCH.MW2 6229
FBRIEF.MW2 6997
FESC1.MW2 14123
FESC2.MW2 14123
FIRELOGO.MW2 17741
FONT1.MW2 6229
FONT2.MW2 14123
FONT3.MW2 16717
GRNLIGHT.MW2 1113
GRNLNCH.MW2 10255
IALAUNCH.MW2 8905
INCOMING.MW2 3209
LAUNCH.MW2 4299
MAINSCRN.MW2 145235
MECFIRE1.MW2 85281
MECHSHP.MW2 59822
MECHSPIN.MW2 24625
MOUSE.MW2 454
OUTLIN1.MW2 21160
SHUTDOWN.MW2 18655
SNDMSG.MW2 2985
STANDARD.MW2 6229
SYNTAX12.MW2 7522
TEXTLINE.MW2 9101
TEXTSNGL.MW2 2521

File listing for D:\GIDDI
. <dir>
.. <dir>
CONFIG00.CPC 3872
CONFIG01.CPC 3872
CONFIG02.CPC 3872
CONFIG03.CPC 3872
CONFIG04.CPC 3872
DEFAULT.CPC 3872
FLTSTCK.CPC 3872
FLTSTCK.DLL 6334
FLTSTCK.STD 174
JOYSTICK.CPC 3872
JOYSTICK.DLL 5334
JOYSTICK.STD 178
KEYBOARD.CPC 3872
KEYBOARD.DLL 8252
MOUSE.CPC 3872
MOUSE.DLL 5195
MOUSE.STD 167
MSJSTICK.CPC 3872
MSJSTICK.DLL 6382
MSJSTICK.STD 178
TMASTER.CPC 3872
TMASTER.DLL 6430
TMASTER.STD 173
VIO1.CPC 3872
VIO1.DLL 4461
VIO2.CPC 3872
VIO2.DLL 4461

File listing for D:\KEATING
. <dir>
.. <dir>
GENETR1F.SFL 30918
GENETR2S.SFL 4941
GENETR3S.SFL 7715
TRN1_01S.SFL 203651
TRN1_02S.SFL 57506
TRN1_03S.SFL 46331
TRN1_04S.SFL 47263
TRN1_05S.SFL 36566
TRN2_01S.SFL 65108
TRN2_02S.SFL 59201
TRN2_03F.SFL 15547
TRN2_04F.SFL 42164
TRN2_05S.SFL 18902
TRN2_06S.SFL 1740
TRN2_07S.SFL 53585
TRN2_08S.SFL 25719
TRN2_09S.SFL 35956
TRN2_10S.SFL 72598
TRN2_11S.SFL 41608
TRN2_12S.SFL 56589
TRN3_00S.SFL 56961
TRN3_01S.SFL 58642
TRN3_02S.SFL 24984
TRN3_03S.SFL 25178
TRN3_04S.SFL 130145
TRN3_05S.SFL 15982
TRN3_06S.SFL 2981
TRN3_07S.SFL 69719
TRN3_08S.SFL 100880
TRN3_09S.SFL 35244
TRN3_10S.SFL 60412
TRN3_11S.SFL 37526
TRN3_GAS.SFL 45834
TRN4_01S.SFL 122681
TRN4_02S.SFL 50622
TRN4_03S.SFL 12432
TRN4_04S.SFL 82398
TRN4_05S.SFL 64186
TRN4_06S.SFL 26043
TRN4_07S.SFL 38765
TRN5_01S.SFL 110178
TRN5_02S.SFL 30057
TRN5_03S.SFL 70227
TRN5_04S.SFL 68812
TRN5_05S.SFL 75866
TRN5_06S.SFL 25745
TRN5_07S.SFL 40875
TRN6_00S.SFL 36880
TRN6_01S.SFL 91828
TRN6_02S.SFL 29470
TRN6_03S.SFL 36407

File listing for D:\LAUNCH
. <dir>
.. <dir>
LAUNCH.SHP 6648
LAUNCH6.SHP 14638
LIABJAR.SHP 44915
LIABJAR6.SHP 179599
LIABONE.SHP 42171
LIABONE6.SHP 178975
LIADAWN.SHP 47796
LIADAWN6.SHP 195845
LIADEVI.SHP 38980
LIADEVI6.SHP 174235
LIAENGA.SHP 42818
LIAENGA6.SHP 178376
LIAGARS.SHP 45680
LIAGARS6.SHP 186334
LIAGOAT.SHP 45019
LIAGOAT6.SHP 185178
LIAGRAU.SHP 44949
LIAGRAU6.SHP 180746
LIAKAES.SHP 47745
LIAKAES6.SHP 197545
LIAKANO.SHP 47751
LIAKANO6.SHP 204991
LIAMANN.SHP 46763
LIAMANN6.SHP 188618
LIAPORT.SHP 40583
LIAPORT6.SHP 166309
LJFBAKE.SHP 44699
LJFBAKE6.SHP 184934
LJFEVCI.SHP 44214
LJFEVCI6.SHP 178001
LJFMACD.SHP 47141
LJFMACD6.SHP 202221
LJFMORG.SHP 46339
LJFMORG6.SHP 190872
LJFSUDE.SHP 42024
LJFSUDE6.SHP 176063
LJFTRAI.SHP 60260
LJFTRAI6.SHP 271586
LJFTRIA.SHP 45765
LJFTRIA6.SHP 187068
LJFTWYC.SHP 44994
LJFTWYC6.SHP 191977
LJFVANT.SHP 42713
LJFVANT6.SHP 179068
LJFWOTA.SHP 42345
LJFWOTA6.SHP 174938
LJFZOET.SHP 42935
LJFZOET6.SHP 173820
LWOBAKE.SHP 42853
LWOBAKE6.SHP 166771
LWOCOLM.SHP 43456
LWOCOLM6.SHP 174030
LWOEVCI.SHP 43090
LWOEVCI6.SHP 173141
LWOMACD.SHP 49877
LWOMACD6.SHP 204554
LWOMORG.SHP 43091
LWOMORG6.SHP 191200
LWOSUDE.SHP 41264
LWOSUDE6.SHP 171477
LWOTRAI.SHP 54681
LWOTRAI6.SHP 243767
LWOTRIA.SHP 41492
LWOTRIA6.SHP 185877
LWOTWYC.SHP 43166
LWOTWYC6.SHP 176664
LWOWOTA.SHP 39257
LWOWOTA6.SHP 143222
LWOZOET.SHP 38615
LWOZOET6.SHP 165931
NETWAIT.SHP 13437
NETWAIT6.SHP 17138
NETWAITK.SHP 29834
SUPANM.SHP 43091
SUPANM6.SHP 191200

File listing for D:\MECH2
. <dir>
.. <dir>
ARCHJF.MW2 971158
ARCHWO.MW2 719392
COMIO.EXE 22128
DATABASE.MW2 3989669
DOS4GW.EXE 265420
FLTSTCK.MAP 8326
GAMEKEY.MAP 2945
INPUT.MAP 2909
JOYSTICK.MAP 7647
KEYBOARD.MAP 7225
MECH2.EXE 36168
MODEM.EXE 23840
MOUSE.MAP 7466
MS.EXE 26127
MSJSTICK.MAP 8323
MW2.EXE 749189
MW2.INI 4659
MW2.PRJ 19960257
MW2DIF.CFG 8
MW2INFO.TXT 74519
MW2MSN.CFG 2516
MW2PRM.CFG 536
MW2REG.CFG 1200
MW2SETUP.EXE 230873
MW2SHELL.EXE 601995
MW2SND.CFG 60
NETB2.EXE 20576
NETDEMO.EXE 317433
SETSOUND.BAT 43
TMASTER.MAP 8289
VIO1.TXT 518
VIO2.TXT 518

File listing for D:\SMK
. <dir>
.. <dir>
AIAGRID.SMK 70044
AIAMPBH.SHP 351728
AIAMPBM.SHP 598404
AIAMPDA.SHP 684031
AIAMPDS.SHP 478119
AIAMPEL.SHP 41876
AIAMPJN.SHP 462048
AIAMPKF.SHP 318917
AIAMPLO.SHP 380139
AIAMPMC.SHP 488388
AIAMPMD.SHP 421008
AIAMPMR.SHP 556472
AIAMPMS.SHP 848152
AIAMPMW.SHP 581442
AIAMPRF.SHP 364469
AIAMPSC.SHP 440630
AIAMPSU.SHP 399620
AIAMPTA.SHP 426621
AIAMPWH.SHP 427116
AIASCBH.SHP 4014
AIASCDA.SHP 5379
AIASCDS.SHP 4182
AIASCJN.SHP 4188
AIASCKF.SHP 3892
AIASCLO.SHP 3921
AIASCMC.SHP 4741
AIASCMD.SHP 3557
AIASCMR.SHP 5215
AIASCMS.SHP 5828
AIASCMW.SHP 5006
AIASCRF.SHP 3414
AIASCSC.SHP 3348
AIASCSU.SHP 3793
AIASCWH.SHP 4098
AIASTR1.SMK 1604
AJF8ORL1.SMK 123068
AJF8ORR1.SMK 106248
AJF8TORL.SMK 117192
AJF8TORR.SMK 103208
AJFARCHT.SMK 9224
AJFBALL.SMK 81044
AJFBHTBL.SMK 185572
AJFBRIEF.SMK 185756
AJFDATBL.SMK 181476
AJFDSTBL.SMK 184416
AJFGRID.SMK 58272
AJFGRID1.SMK 26940
AJFGRID2.SMK 38552
AJFHOLOP.SMK 52148
AJFJNTBL.SMK 185004
AJFKFTBL.SMK 186416
AJFLOTBL.SMK 184472
AJFMCTBL.SMK 185448
AJFMDTBL.SMK 187052
AJFMPBH.SHP 291546
AJFMPDA.SHP 733283
AJFMPDS.SHP 377530
AJFMPJN.SHP 352500
AJFMPKF.SHP 335733
AJFMPLO.SHP 386908
AJFMPMC.SHP 447454
AJFMPMD.SHP 342349
AJFMPMR.SHP 513972
AJFMPMS.SHP 669981
AJFMPMW.SHP 468541
AJFMPRF.SHP 342936
AJFMPSC.SHP 338967
AJFMPSU.SHP 402028
AJFMPWH.SHP 438129
AJFMRTBL.SMK 212436
AJFMSTBL.SMK 182420
AJFMTTBL.SMK 186684
AJFMWTBL.SMK 183608
AJFRFTBL.SMK 185192
AJFRGSTR.SMK 994576
AJFSCBH.SHP 2884
AJFSCDA.SHP 7646
AJFSCDS.SHP 3272
AJFSCJN.SHP 3665
AJFSCKF.SHP 3342
AJFSCLO.SHP 3918
AJFSCMC.SHP 4519
AJFSCMD.SHP 3884
AJFSCMR.SHP 4963
AJFSCMS.SHP 5578
AJFSCMW.SHP 4497
AJFSCRF.SHP 3256
AJFSCSC.SHP 3329
AJFSCSU.SHP 4118
AJFSCTBL.SMK 176616
AJFSCWH.SHP 4117
AJFSTR1.SMK 3096
AJFSTR2.SMK 3192
AJFSTR3.SMK 3124
AJFSUTBL.SMK 184616
AJFTABLE.SMK 219880
AJFTRNDR.SMK 52764
AJFTRNWA.SMK 58400
AJFTRNWB.SMK 61928
AJFTRNWN.SMK 100444
AJFV8TRD.SMK 54132
AJFV8TRU.SMK 55820
AJFWHTBL.SMK 183616
AMWLOGO1.SMK 91604
APLAN01.SMK 119464
APLAN01C.SMK 168812
APLAN02.SMK 219056
APLAN02C.SMK 235476
APLAN03.SMK 233864
APLAN03C.SMK 307304
APLAN04.SMK 150252
APLAN04C.SMK 224348
APLAN05.SMK 97224
APLAN05C.SMK 138408
APLAN06.SMK 177348
APLAN06C.SMK 275076
APLAN07.SMK 134940
APLAN07C.SMK 202300
APLAN08.SMK 193800
APLAN08C.SMK 267776
APLAN09.SMK 197380
APLAN09C.SMK 314972
APLAN10.SMK 230680
APLAN10C.SMK 366900
APLAN11.SMK 112488
APLAN11C.SMK 140292
APLAN12.SMK 113728
APLAN12C.SMK 167576
AWOARCHT.SMK 12112
AWOBALL.SMK 41540
AWOBHTBL.SMK 153020
AWOBRIEF.SMK 139480
AWOCNFGD.SMK 178584
AWODATBL.SMK 150456
AWODSTBL.SMK 152224
AWOGRID.SMK 104936
AWOGRID1.SMK 37140
AWOGRID2.SMK 64528
AWOHOLOP.SMK 50328
AWOJNTBL.SMK 155300
AWOKFTBL.SMK 155304
AWOLITE1.SMK 3312
AWOLITE2.SMK 3644
AWOLITE3.SMK 5624
AWOLOTBL.SMK 152848
AWOMCTBL.SMK 155108
AWOMDTBL.SMK 156588
AWOMPBH.SHP 383370
AWOMPDA.SHP 747731
AWOMPDS.SHP 389521
AWOMPJN.SHP 432138
AWOMPKF.SHP 368613
AWOMPLO.SHP 361195
AWOMPMC.SHP 471742
AWOMPMD.SHP 348941
AWOMPMR.SHP 558697
AWOMPMS.SHP 724252
AWOMPMW.SHP 504380
AWOMPRF.SHP 334127
AWOMPSC.SHP 355878
AWOMPSU.SHP 382184
AWOMPWH.SHP 364835
AWOMRTBL.SMK 166948
AWOMSTBL.SMK 150336
AWOMTTBL.SMK 151084
AWOMWTBL.SMK 151288
AWORFTBL.SMK 152708
AWORGSTR.SMK 420624
AWOSCBH.SHP 3942
AWOSCDA.SHP 7847
AWOSCDS.SHP 3783
AWOSCJN.SHP 4714
AWOSCKF.SHP 3666
AWOSCLO.SHP 3924
AWOSCMC.SHP 5187
AWOSCMD.SHP 4146
AWOSCMR.SHP 5220
AWOSCMS.SHP 6512
AWOSCMW.SHP 5394
AWOSCRF.SHP 3365
AWOSCSC.SHP 3656
AWOSCSU.SHP 4124
AWOSCTBL.SMK 152948
AWOSCWH.SHP 4090
AWOSTR1.SMK 3176
AWOSTR2.SMK 3084
AWOSTR3.SMK 3244
AWOSUTBL.SMK 153728
AWOTABLE.SMK 175644
AWOTRNDR.SMK 44136
AWOTRNWA.SMK 76416
AWOTRNWB.SMK 78040
AWOTRNWN.SMK 89012
AWOWHTBL.SMK 151084
MEND.SMK 3361656
MEND2.SMK 4987876
MINTRO.SMK 9583136
MJFLAND.SMK 7288848
MWOLAND.SMK 11229476
WIABKG1.SHP 2407
WIABKG2.SHP 2680
WIACN.SHP 504
WIACP.SHP 502
WIADSGN.SHP 1255
WIAGHOST.SMK 2544
WIAJF.SMK 2292
WIALANCH.SHP 3927
WIALANCH.SMK 3056
WIAMP1.SMK 1848
WIAMP1ES.SMK 1768
WIAMP4AR.SMK 3264
WIAMP4MP.SHP 13234
WIAMP5WA.SMK 1916
WIAMP7CR.SMK 2064
WIANOVA.SMK 3148
WIASMOKE.SMK 2224
WIASTAR.SHP 1003
WIASTEEL.SMK 2464
WIAVN.SHP 494
WIAVP.SHP 534
WIAWOLF.SMK 2172
WJFBKG.SMK 4244
WJFCN.SMK 1504
WJFCP.SMK 1508
WJFDSGN.SHP 91196
WJFMP1.SMK 9156
WJFMP1ES.SMK 9124
WJFMP4AR.SMK 12776
WJFMP4MP.SHP 13234
WJFMP5WA.SMK 12208
WJFMP7CR.SMK 17764
WJFSTAR.SHP 85849
WJFVN.SMK 1712
WJFVP.SMK 2192
WWOBKG.SMK 4376
WWOCN.SMK 1448
WWOCP.SMK 2020
WWODSGN.SMK 9732
WWOMP1.SMK 10216
WWOMP1ES.SMK 7736
WWOMP4AR.SMK 12676
WWOMP4MP.SHP 13254
WWOMP5WA.SMK 11936
WWOMP7CR.SMK 15616
WWOSTAR.SMK 16000
WWOVN.SMK 2204
WWOVP.SMK 2152

File listing for D:\SND
. <dir>
.. <dir>
ADLIB.MDI 14986
ADLIBG.MDI 16377
ADRV688.DIG 11278
AILDRVR.LST 16131
DIG.INI 207
DOS4GW.EXE 265420
JAMMER.DIG 3219
MDI.INI 204
MPU401.MDI 1915
MT32MPU.MDI 6980
NULL.MDI 1609
OPL3.MDI 16387
PAS.MDI 15425
PASPLUS.MDI 16458
PCSPKR.MDI 4705
PROAUDIO.DIG 2127
RAP10.DIG 2849
SAMPLE.AD 3662
SAMPLE.BNK 10780
SAMPLE.OPL 3242
SB16.DIG 2812
SBAWE32.MDI 32694
SBLASTER.DIG 2984
SBLASTER.MDI 15118
SBPRO.DIG 2763
SBPRO1.MDI 15471
SBPRO2.MDI 16541
SETSOUND.EXE 168741
SNDSCAPE.DIG 4171
SNDSCAPE.MDI 2971
TANDY.MDI 5010
ULTRA.DIG 9478
ULTRA.MDI 49672

File listing for D:\VFX
. <dir>
.. <dir>
MCGA.DLL 7056
VESA480.DLL 19028
VESA768.DLL 20948
VFXHD.BIN 43951
VFXJK.BIN 42279
VFXTM.BIN 44623

File listing for E:\MechVM-win32-2009-11-29\games\mw2-31stcc-dos
. <dir>
.. <dir>
ARCHJF.MW2 971158
ARCHWO.MW2 719392
campaign.xml 9478
CFGS <dir>
COMIO.EXE 22128
DATABASE.MW2 3989669
DEMODATA <dir>
DOS4GW.EXE 265420
FLTSTCK.MAP 8326
GAMEKEY.MAP 2945
GIDDI <dir>
INPUT.MAP 2909
install-report.txt 0
JOYSTICK.MAP 7647
KEYBOARD.MAP 7225
MECH2.EXE 36168
MEK <dir>
MODEM.EXE 23840
MOUSE.MAP 7466
mouse2kv.exe 15759
MS.EXE 26127
MSJSTICK.MAP 8323
MW2.ADV 2318
MW2.B50 2418
MW2.EXE 749189
MW2.INI 4659
MW2.M50 4938
MW2.PHX 1674
MW2.PRJ 19960257
mw2car.cfg 80
MW2DIF.CFG 8
MW2INFO.TXT 74519
MW2MSN.CFG 2516
MW2PRM.CFG 536
MW2REG.CFG 1200
MW2SETUP.EXE 230873
MW2SHELL.EXE 601995
MW2SND.CFG 60
NETB2.EXE 20576
NETDEMO.EXE 317433
nolfb.asm 1988
nolfb.com 130
README.TXT 781
readmeXP.txt 915
SETSOUND.BAT 43
SETUP <dir>
SND <dir>
TMASTER.MAP 8289
VFX <dir>
VIO1.TXT 518
VIO2.TXT 518
_mw2-31stcc.bat 154

File listing for E:\MechVM-win32-2009-11-29\games\mw2-31stcc-dos\CFGS
. <dir>
.. <dir>

File listing for E:\MechVM-win32-2009-11-29\games\mw2-31stcc-dos\DEMODATA
. <dir>
.. <dir>

File listing for E:\MechVM-win32-2009-11-29\games\mw2-31stcc-dos\GIDDI
. <dir>
.. <dir>
CONFIG00.CPC 3872
CONFIG01.CPC 3872
CONFIG02.CPC 3872
CONFIG03.CPC 3872
CONFIG04.CPC 3872
DEFAULT.CPC 3872
FLTSTCK.CPC 3872
FLTSTCK.DLL 6334
FLTSTCK.STD 174
JOYSTICK.CPC 3872
JOYSTICK.DLL 5334
JOYSTICK.STD 178
KEYBOARD.CPC 3872
KEYBOARD.DLL 8252
MOUSE.CPC 3872
MOUSE.DLL 5195
MOUSE.STD 167
MSJSTICK.CPC 3872
MSJSTICK.DLL 6382
MSJSTICK.STD 178
TMASTER.CPC 3872
TMASTER.DLL 6430
TMASTER.STD 173
VIO1.CPC 3872
VIO1.DLL 4461
VIO2.CPC 3872
VIO2.DLL 4461

File listing for E:\MechVM-win32-2009-11-29\games\mw2-31stcc-dos\MEK
. <dir>
.. <dir>

File listing for E:\MechVM-win32-2009-11-29\games\mw2-31stcc-dos\SETUP
. <dir>
.. <dir>
FIXBOOT.EXE 29376
INWIN.EXE 5984
VESACHK.EXE 9574

File listing for E:\MechVM-win32-2009-11-29\games\mw2-31stcc-dos\SND
. <dir>
.. <dir>
ADLIB.MDI 14986
ADLIBG.MDI 16377
ADRV688.DIG 11278
AILDRVR.LST 16131
DIG.INI 153
DOS4GW.EXE 265420
JAMMER.DIG 3219
MDI.INI 141
MPU401.MDI 1915
MT32MPU.MDI 6980
NULL.MDI 1609
OPL3.MDI 16387
PAS.MDI 15425
PASPLUS.MDI 16458
PCSPKR.MDI 4705
PROAUDIO.DIG 2127
RAP10.DIG 2849
SAMPLE.AD 3662
SAMPLE.BNK 10780
SAMPLE.OPL 3242
SB16.DIG 2812
SBAWE32.MDI 32694
SBLASTER.DIG 2984
SBLASTER.MDI 15118
SBPRO.DIG 2763
SBPRO1.MDI 15471
SBPRO2.MDI 16541
SETSOUND.EXE 168741
snd.bat 49
SNDSCAPE.DIG 4171
SNDSCAPE.MDI 2971
TANDY.MDI 5010
ULTRA.DIG 9478
ULTRA.MDI 49672

File listing for E:\MechVM-win32-2009-11-29\games\mw2-31stcc-dos\VFX
. <dir>
.. <dir>
MCGA.DLL 7056
VESA480.DLL 19028
VESA768.DLL 20948
VFXHD.BIN 43951
VFXJK.BIN 42279
VFXTM.BIN 44623

[Skyfaller]

Please upgrade to version 1.1 and try again. Download and extract the patch in this post to your MW2 directory, then execute Patch.Bat. Note: this version of the patch was edited not to require choice.com and is less talkative ...

[Sven8314]

Done, same thing happens.

[Sir MMPD Radick]

i think were generally stumped on this one...
Any chance you could consider using the DOSBOX method?

[Sven8314]

I guess I might have to. The only other option is a format, and I don't really want to do that. SOOOOOO frustrating and confusing that it WAS installed fine 5 times, now won't install!

I appreciate everyone's help, I'll have to spend some time with DOSBOX as I find it fairly confusing.